Yugoslavia–Italy border

E14482

former border international border

The Yugoslavia–Italy border was a Cold War-era frontier in the northern Adriatic region that formed part of the geopolitical divide between the communist Eastern Bloc and Western Europe.

Aliases (2)

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former border → international border →
adjacentTo	Adriatic Sea →
affectedRegion	Istria → Julian March →
borderRegime	controlled crossings → militarized frontier →
borderType	land border → maritime border →
countryOnOneSide	Italy → Yugoslavia →
demarcated	boundary between NATO member state and non-aligned socialist state →
dissolvedWith	dissolution of Yugoslavia →
endPoint	northern Adriatic coast near Trieste →
ethnicGroupsAffected	Croats → Italians → Slovenes →
existedDuring	Cold War →
hadBorderTown	Gorizia → Koper → Nova Gorica → Trieste →
historicalContext	post–World War II settlement in Europe →
languageBorderInvolved	Croatian language → Italian language → Slovene language →
locatedIn	northern Adriatic region →
locatedOn	European continent →
partOf	Cold War → Iron Curtain → geopolitical divide between Eastern Bloc and Western Europe →
politicalBlocOnOneSide	Western Europe →
politicalBlocOnOtherSide	socialist Eastern Europe →
relatedEvent	Free Territory of Trieste →
relatedTreaty	London Memorandum of Understanding (1954) → Treaty of Osimo (1975) → Treaty of Peace with Italy (1947) →
replacedBy	Croatia–Italy maritime border → Slovenia–Italy border →
separated	Italian Republic → Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia →
startPoint	Alpine region near Tarvisio →
status	defunct →
successorBorderState	Croatia → Slovenia →
timePeriod	late 20th century → mid-20th century →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
London Memorandum of Understanding (1954) ("Italy–Yugoslavia relations") →	category
Iron Curtain →	included
Treaty of Osimo ("Italian–Yugoslav border in the northern Adriatic") →	resolved
Slovenia–Italy border →	wasBorderOf